DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

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DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Trump supporters protest against DACA supporters rallying to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Steve Walker, 64, founder of Invisible San Bernardino, and DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Robert Edmund, 72, of Fullerton, and Trump supporters protest against DACA supporters rallying to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Trump supporters protest against DACA supporters rallying to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Trump supporters protest against DACA supporters rallying to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Trump supporters protest against DACA supporters rallying to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

DACA supporters hold a rally to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, in San Bernardino, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Trump plans to end the program that protects young immigrant who were brought into the country illegally. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)

Hundreds of white, brown and black Americans banded together Tuesday evening in San Bernardino, across from the Department of Homeland Security building on Rialto Avenue, to protest the Trump Administration decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program announced hours earlier by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Counter-protesters also gathered in front of the DHS building, waving American flags and holding signs with statements like “Build wall, deport them all.”

DACA, the immigration policy founded by the Obama administration in June 2012, shielded from deportation young immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents.

Mexican immigrant Juvenal Estrada, 45, of San Bernardino, said the idea of immigration isn’t that simple.

“This is just a symptom of people coming over here and, according to them, breaking the law,” Estrada said. “Most of the people coming from other countries are good, hard-working people.”

Immigrant Agnes Gibboney said Sessions’ announcement was an outstanding moment in history.

“I am overjoyed, I have tears in my eyes because Americans are finally being put first,” she said. “Our children can’t get classes in college because they’re overcrowding our schools.”

Gibboney, who said her son was killed by an illegal immigrant, made the trek herself taking 13 years to become a legal citizen.

“The United States isn’t responsible for this,” she said. “If you really respect and honor this country, you should come here legally, apply and do it the right way.”

By the end of the night, the situation had calmed and everyone protesting or counter-protesting had left the area — including the inflatable Trump Chicken.

Doug has covered crime and public safety in the Inland Empire since first becoming a reporter in 2012. With a long standing military background, Doug naturally heads into volatile situations in order to gather intelligence for those who rely on accurate and up-to-date information. Doug, a former combat Army veteran, attended the Defense Information School. At DINFOS, the United States Military school of journalism at Ft. Meade, MD, Doug learned all aspects of journalism before taking on a role as an Army Public Affairs Specialist for 16 months prior to his employment with the Southern California News Group. Doug is an avid outdoorsman who loves camping on the beach, but he's also a giant "Star Wars" fan.

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